12 ideas
22642 | Man has an intense natural interest in the consistency of his own thinking [James] |
4037 | Ockham's Razor is the principle that we need reasons to believe in entities [Mellor/Oliver] |
22641 | Realities just are, and beliefs are true of them [James] |
4027 | Properties are respects in which particular objects may be alike or differ [Mellor/Oliver] |
4029 | Nominalists ask why we should postulate properties at all [Mellor/Oliver] |
22640 | We find satisfaction in consistency of all of our beliefs, perceptions and mental connections [James] |
1457 | Morality requires a minimum commitment to the self [Rashdall] |
4039 | Abstractions lack causes, effects and spatio-temporal locations [Mellor/Oliver] |
6674 | All moral judgements ultimately concern the value of ends [Rashdall] |
6673 | Ideal Utilitarianism is teleological but non-hedonistic; the aim is an ideal end, which includes pleasure [Rashdall] |
1458 | Conduct is only reasonable or unreasonable if the world is governed by reason [Rashdall] |
1459 | Absolute moral ideals can't exist in human minds or material things, so their acceptance implies a greater Mind [Rashdall, by PG] |